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- Subject: Re: PIRACY
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.171128.1693@msus1.msus.edu>
- From: martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Psigon Matrix....do you DOUBT us??)
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:11:28 -0600
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- In article <1992Nov16.180021.6988@ugle.unit.no>, eyvind@Lise.Unit.NO (Eyvind Bernhardsen) writes:
- >[I approve of whoever put those keywords in]
- >
- >In article <bmccnnll.721933383@unix1.tcd.ie>, bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie (Barry McConnell) writes:
- > > In <1992Nov15.171003.10045@ra.msstate.edu> skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls) writes:
- > >
- > > >Okay, let's apply that same logic to other issues. The car thief never bought
- > > >the car, nor would they have bought it, therefore there is no net gain and
- > > >no net loss.
- > >
- > > Yes there is: something physical is stolen, which prevents someone else from
- > > legally buying it. The point the original poster was making is that - even
- > > if they "steal" the software - the original package will be available for
- > > someone else to buy. The software company does not actually lose something
- >
- >Yeah, and there'll still be another car in the same range...
- >
- > > physical as a result. It's all on paper. :-) My understanding of whether
- >
- >Sorta like your bank account. Should I screw with that?
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- Sure if you wanna color Xerox the money and leave it there for me...no prob..
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- >
- > > Barry.
- >
- >-Eyvind
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